Isn’t it lovely when corporations try to sell you misty-eyed nostalgia wrapped in glamour and glitter, only for you to find out that the game has been altered and censored to align with Western ESG principles?
Last time we discussed Capcom’s upcoming release, the “Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster,” we touched on how Capcom had not only bastardized the portrayal of Frank West, the only good journalist in the video game industry, by turning him into an older, roided-up man with gray hair, but also replaced his original voice actor, Terence J. Rotolo.
Now, with the game set to release on September 19 across all modern platforms (except the Nintendo Switch), it has been confirmed by Capcom as per Famitsu that another significant change has been made: the removal of the “Erotica” photography tag, a feature present in the original game.
In Dead Rising, you play as Frank West, a journalist investigating a zombie outbreak inside of a mall, equipped with a camera to capture photos. These photos earn you “PP” or Prestige Points, which can also be gained by completing missions, defeating enemies, and rescuing survivors.
Taking photos is a unique way of earning XP in-game, allowing you to level up and improve health stats and other attributes. When Frank takes a photo, the game assigns it one or more “tags” based on the content. These tags determine how many PP Frank earns.
The main tags include Horror (photographs of zombies), Brutal (gruesome scenes like zombies feasting on survivors), Drama (photos of emotionally distressed survivors), Outtake (humorous moments), and Erotica, which includes “sexual content” or suggestive themes.
The Erotica tag typically categorizes female characters, often focusing on their faces, cleavage, and legs. While generally harmless, such “objectification” of women is no longer acceptable in the “current year” according to the standards of corporations that follow globalist policies on diversity, inclusivity, and equality.
Capcom is one such company that aligns with invasive foreign ideologies.
Recently, they reported a significant sales decline in their Q1 FY25 report and added a “woke” disclaimer to SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos, which criticizes the inclusion of attractive (sexualized) women in the game, stating that it goes against their corporate policy.
The game also features censored key artwork across regions in Japan and globally.
The company has now released an extensive gameplay overview, but during a press release, Capcom confirmed that the Erotica tagging feature will be removed.
This decision is undoubtedly influenced by Capcom’s strict adherence to ESG principles, as rewarding players for taking suggestive photographs of women would be considered predatory and offensive by today’s “modern audiences.”
It’s especially disappointing considering that Dead Rising originally featured a side mission where you were tasked with taking an erotic photograph that earned over 750 PP. With the removal of the Erotica tag, it’s likely this mission will be removed from the remake as the removal of the function renders such a mission pointless.
If you weren’t already frustrated by the fact that Capcom has altered Dead Rising with a remake that excludes Frank West’s iconic voice actor and seems to have aged him up significantly, there’s also the issue of being able to play as Frank’s original 2006 design, but only as a pre-order bonus.
This likely suggests that even Capcom knew Frank’s new gray-haired redesign wouldn’t sit well with diehard fans. On top of that, Capcom has racially swapped an antagonist boss character to avoid racial stereotypes and has now removed a minor but core feature of the game to align with progressive ideologies.
No matter how you look at it, the game has been censored. You won’t be earning bonus points for photographing female characters, nor will they be labeled as “Erotica” in-game.
The mission that required such a photograph will almost certainly be altered or removed as well. It’s another example of how evil cannot create but rather only destroy, and as seen from Capcom’s woeful release of Dragon’s Dogma 2, the company seems to be heading downhill.
Capcom has fallen prey to globalist ideologies focused on diversity and inclusivity, viewing anything that could be perceived as objectifying women as offensive and therefore must be removed.
They’ve even gone so far as to re-release classic games with apologies, telling consumers that their older content is offensive, that you’re wrong for wanting it and that they will never make any such games ever again, despite their own consumer survey highlighting that gamers are mainly men and demand attractive characters above gameplay.
If Capcom is blatantly altering classic games to align with foreign policies and indirectly suggesting you’re wrong for wanting those games released in their original form, why should you support them by purchasing their games?
